jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? I can speak from experience, having a pair of KLH Nines in use since 1992. I used a variety of amps with them, including Bedini 25/25's and Futterman OTL's. With the power amp section of the Carver Receiver (125wpc) they had floor-shaking bass pow... | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? The KLH Nines (which apparently nobody here has owned/heard) have excellent dynamic range and bass impact - even when used in single pair configuration! They were designed by Roger West (Soundlab) and Arthur Janszen back in the early Sixties. The ... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! "The capacity of Humans for self-deception is apparently unlimited" - Mr.Spock the Vulcan. | |
| Warm but holographic & forward vocals. Ohm Walsh! 3-D room-filling soundstage! I have a pair. | |
| Speakers for string Quartets Quad 57's are hard to equal for midrange richness! | |
| Best double studio vinyl? Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland! Checkout "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", "1983, Moon Turn the Tides Gently Away", "All Along the Watchtower" ... | |
| Dust covers I always take off the dust cover when playing LPs. An old habit! | |
| Will DAC always sound better going straight into a Power Amplifier? @fai_v : Robert Grodinski Research RGR 4. A giant-killer preamp from the 80's that beat the then-current Levinson, Audio Research, Precision Fidelity ... preamps for sound quality! I have one in use right now. Bought it on an eBay auction for $199... | |
| Amp over load Why run both pairs at the same time? That can't sound good! The Krell amp can certainly do it while heating up! | |
| Any GaN amp good with Acoustats? Those Acoustats drop to 2 ohms or less in the high treble. You should stick to using the TNT amp. I have one - an excellent amp! | |
| Is system synergy worth having matched components? @holmz : +1! Unlike gravity, synergy is an imaginary concept. | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? NO! | |
| CD player @buddyboy1 : "Inow listen to pure music...not the electronics." Maybe you’ve never heard a crank up gramophone playing acoustic 78’s! What you think you are hearing with that CEC is caused by expectation bias. The shiny new toy always gives the mo... | |
| Kansas band Something made after 1990 - which is only a guess! | |
| Any tubes currently manufactured in the US, Japan or Germany? Richardson was the last general manufacturer of tubes in the USA. Now gone! Leaving only the revived Western Electric plant in Georgia. |